initiated, ppl. a.
(ɪˈnɪʃɪeɪtɪd)
[f. prec. vb. + -ed1.]
1. Commenced, originated.
| 1611 Cotgr., Initie, initiated, entered into, begun in. 1619 Sir S. D'Ewes in Coll. Life Time Jas. I (1851) 77, I augmented well the initiated poem. 1865 Pall Mall G. 12 Oct. 1 There is no danger of an initiated attack on the part of Austria. |
2. That has been admitted into some society, or to the knowledge of some occult teaching or observances; instructed in the elements of something. (Often absol. in pl. sense; rarely as n. sing.)
| 1656 [see initiative a. 2]. 1662 Stillingfl. Orig. Sacr. ii. vii. §12 All that were..fully initiated, might fully understand them. 1673 True Worsh. God 55 To be held by all newly Initiated Christians. 1751 G. Lavington Enthus. Methodists (1754) II. 276 There shall not be an Initiator, nor an Initiated, of the Sons or Daughters of Israel. a 1831 A. Knox Rem. (1844) I. 60 Certain to be understood only by the initiated. 1897 M. Kingsley W. Africa 531 Removal from home and instruction from initiated members. |